6 NOVEMBER 1897, Page 10

Miss Merivale's Mistake. By Mrs. Henry Clarke. (S.S.U.)— Miss Merivale

takes Miss A for Miss B, whereas Miss B, whose existence would have disturbed some family arrangements of property, has died long before. Of course the high-toned lover of fiction is plunged into despair when he finds that the dear one is rich. Is it so in real life ? This is a pretty story, though these conventionalities are a little absurd.